An ex-employee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday to passing off secret government documents to Goldman Sachs.

Jason Gross, 37, admitted to a misdemeanor charge of theft of government property for passing along regulatory documents from the New York Fed to his friend and ex-colleague, according to a plea deal with the Justice Department.

That former colleague, Rohit Bansal, worked at Goldman at the time, according to people familiar with the case.